What could military operation learn from the commercial airline maintenance activity?

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It found that whereas the average cost/flying hour for the civil jets was US$141 the military jets worked out at US$244. (Military man-hours were multiplied by the direct airline wage rate prevailing during the time period to obtain equivalent cost structures). So why do military aircraft cost nearly twice as much to run than an equivalent civilian aircraft? One reason is time aircraft spend on the ground, civil aircraft have to earn money so a typical jet liner can, for example have a seven hour flight followed by a one hour turnaround then fly the seven hours back...
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Not so for military aircraft, a study revealed that the F.14 ‘Tomcat’ naval fighter required, on average, 50 maintenance man hours for every one flying hour! Also military aircraft tend to have relatively short flights, so typically the ‘After Flight’ maintenance inspection will take longer to complete than the flight itself took...
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